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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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